Tent



R. F. WARREN Aug. 25, 1931.

' I jam Filed Dec. 15-1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 5 w maew Aug. 25, 1931 a. F.WARREN Filed Dec. 15. 1927 {Shoots-Shoot 2' Patented Aug. 25, 1931 IPATENT- ROSCOE WARREN, OI LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA TENT I Applicationfiled December 15, 1927. Serial No. 240,174.

My invention is a tent which may be adapted to a number of differentuses and r I v I I there is constructed a sleeve 16,thesleeve beecombinations. V

An object of myinvention is the construe I 'tion of a tent havingcertain features which allow two or more small tents to be connectedtogether, forming a large tent with a passage- Way'between; and alsohaving roof,,wall and floor constructions preventing rain, snow and windfrom blowing. or running into the tent. In my tent construction thewalls have a particular arrangement whereby water is shed and runsfreeof the tent, thereby eliminating the necessity of digging ditchesadjacent the tent walls to carry off rain water.

Another object of my invention is constructing the tent so that it'maybe supported by a ridge pole on the inside of the tent, this ridge polepassing through a sleeve extending go from end to end of the tent, orthe ridge pole may be placed outside of the tent and the roof of thetent strapped or lashed thereto by lashings. r I

Various other features of novelty and improvement over the prior artwill be apparent from the following description, taken in connectionwith the drawings. Oneformf of my tent assembly is illustrated inthe'accompanying drawings, in which; 1

made up of a plurality of units. I

' Fig. 21is'avertica1 transverse section on the line '22 of Fig. 1 inthe direction of the arrows. '35 Fig. 3 is a plan of the tentv showingthe roofpartly' broken away, illustrating the interior partitions. Fig.4is a longitudinal section through the tent at substantially the ridgef"Fig. 5 is a perspective detail showing ,the sheddingcloth, the'lowerpartof the tent wall and the floor.

Fig. 6 is a detail showing a removable section of the floor covering. rFig. 7 is a perspective detail showing the manner of door fastening.

Referring to the general construction, the tent illustrated is shown asformed with a rear section 11, an intermediate section .12

forming a passageway, a forward or main Figure 1 is a perspectlve v ew.of a tent.

tent body 13 and a porch structure'l i. Each 7 of these has a roof 15,in the ridge of which in'g made of canvas of suitable strength and,

Qof sufficient diameter to allowpassag'e of the ridge pole 17therethrough, which pole may be of even diameter throughout or may becutfrom a tree and be of greater diameter at the butt end. The sleevemust be of such diameter as to accommodate the largest pole utilized.Each end of the ridge pole is supported on tent posts or poles 18.

In addition to the sleeve 16 the ridge of the tent is provided with abolt rope 19 which has r a series of straps or lashingsv 20 secured .65thereto, so that the ridge'pol'emay be placed outside of the tent andthe lashing s secured thereto instead of placing the ridge pole throughthe sleeve. This also is a convenient ,M

way ofsupporting the tent, from branches of a tree or the like, or by arope slungibetween two supporting structures. 7

f The roof structure 21 of the passageway section has a joining line22Cwith the roof sections of the other portions of'the tent and ispreferably securedthereto by fasteners23 or the like, so thatthispassageway section may be, fittedin between the. two tent units ifdesired, or the two tent units may be utilized 1 separately assmall-tents. The roof section 24 of the porch structure is preferablycontinuous with the roof section 25 ofthe front tent units I In each ofthe tentunits, the porch struci tureand the passageway structure haveside walls 26." The'r00f projects in the form of eaves 27, to which guyropes 28 are secured, these beinggattached to pegs 29 in the usualmanner. At each corner of the tent it is desirable-to haveshort posts 30engaging the '90 ends adjacent the eaves and having forwardlyandrearwardly extending guy ropes 31 bracing the tent from opposite ends.

v In the sidewall construction the lower part 32 of the wall has loops33 attached thereto which are fitted over ground pegs 34 and see curedto'the lower part of the wall structure there is a shedding cloth 35running lengthwise of the tent walls, this havin cordage J loops-36fitted'over ground pegs 3 the arrangement of these parts beingparticularly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5. The rear end 38 of the rear tentunit may also have a shedding cloth, as indicated at 89 but this is notnecessary at the forward end if a porch structure is used. But if thereno porch structure, it is advisable to have such a shedding cloth and tohave the roof projecting beyond the forward end wall 40 of the tent.

Each of the tent units have partition walls 41 and 42, these being shownas having openings 43. The front wall 40 also has an opening 43. Theseopenings are closed by canvas door strips 44 which may be folded up inthe form of a roll and secured with lashing straps 45, and when formingthe door closure the door structure is secured by fasteners 46. At thedoors the walls 40, 41. and 42 may have a raised sill 47 if desired, sothat it is necessary to step over this portion of the canvas to enterthe tent units.

Each tent unit is provided with a floor 48 secured to the lower part 32of the walls and also to the tent ends 40,41, 42 and 38. There it also acanvas floor structure 49 at the partition. In one or more of the tentunits or in the passage, it is desirable to have a floor section,indicated at 50, which is secured by fasteners 51 so that this may beturned back and a stove or a fire placed directly on the ground. If astove is used a stove-pipe 52 may extend outwardly through one of thewalls of the tent and at a sufficient distance above the eaves to giveproper draft, this stove-pipe being properly heat-insulated from thewall to prevent fire.

It is desirable at the passageway to have a section 53 of the side wallsecurable to the side walls of the tent units by fasteners 54 so thatthis section may be lifted and supported on poles 55, there being braceropes 56, if desired, or the poles being secured firmly in the ground.Thus, this part when lifted up as shown in Fig. 1 forms a shelter.

It will be noted that in my tent provision is made for adequatelyshedding the waterso that but little will drip on the side or end wallsunless there is a severe Wind blowing at the time; for instance theeaves project a considerable distance from the side wall, and thereforethe water dropping off the eaves strikes the shedding cloth and is runclear of the lower part of the tent wall and of the tent floor. Inaddition, at the rear end of the tent there is a slight extension 57 sothat the water in a rain storm, unless driving on the end. of the tent,will be prevented. from wetting such end. The ob ject of keeping theside walls dry or coinparatively dry is to allow the full size of thetent inside to be utilized and as the side walls are not saturated withwater, if any person with ordinary tents when the canvas is saturated.

The sleeve 16 is attached on the inside of the tent to the ridge in sucha manner that it may be renewable, as the sleeve is required to undergoconsiderable wear and tear in thrusting the ridge poles therethrough;but this construction prevents rain and snow from blowing into the tent,and prevents wear on the roof of the tent proper. There are times incamping when it is difficult to secure a smooth ridge pole, andfrequently a tree cut to form the pole will have sharp branches I and insuch cases the ridge pole may be supported above the tent and the ridgeof the tent secured thereto by the straps or'lashings 20.

There are other times when no suitable support is at hand except perhapstwo trees, and in such case the bolt rope 19 may be drawn tight betweensuch trees by suitable tackle, the opposite ends of the ridge bolt ropehaving thirnbles 58. In this construction for building up a large tentfrom two or more smaller tents I utilize a hook and eye 59 on thesections of the ridge rope and in each case the ridge rope extendsbeyond each of the unit tents a suliicient distance so that when hookedtogether there is a space provided for vthe alleyway.

In order .to form re-enforcing at the corners,

ropes 60 are secured on approximately the line of the junction of theroof and the side walls, and at the alleyway these are extended, asindicated at 61, and attached by hooks and eyes'62, Also at the cornersof each of the unit tents there are re-enforcing ropes 63 ex tendingpartly towards the ridge and also intermediate ropes 64 which take themain portion of thestrain of the guy ropes and distribute this to thefabric structure of the tent roof.

In order to make the tent stornrproof, the doors areforrned with adouble lip closure, this being illustrated particularly in Fig. 7. Thedoor strips 44 are provided with eyes 65 and on the fabric of the endwalls of the tent there is a lip strip 66. Fasteners 67 preferably havetheir base secured to the tent wall or to the lip strip, as desired, andpass through the eyes in the door structure having rotatable knobs 68,either on the inside or outside, thereby providing tight fastenings.

In order that the alleyway between the two tent units may also bewater-tight, I prefer to form the roof construction so that the roofsection 21 over the passageway is an extension of one or the other ofthe tent units; and it is secured to an extension of the other unitsimilar to the end extension 57-by means of turn button fasteners 69,which may be of a construction similar to that used in the doors, and ifdesired, the connection may be made with the double lip construction asfor the door fastening. The section 58 forming the side wall or end doorof the passageway is also secured by the fasteners 54 in the same manneras the other doors, that is the strips 70 at the edges of each of thetent units are formed With the double lip structure, the same as the endwalls for the doors so that this sidewall section may be secured in awater-tight and Weather-proof manner.

' A tent constructed in accordance with my invention is of particularvalue for winter camping, for in this case the snow melting on the rooffrom the heatinside of the tent runs off the wide eaves and drops downon the shedding cloth. As this shedding cloth also is covered with snow,which does not melt from the internal heat of the tent, the I waterdrops on this and forms a crust of ice the ground forming substantiallya triangle considered transversely, and the roof having eaves extendingoutwardly from the Wall, whereby the drip from the eaves drops onthe'shedding cloth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name tothis specification.

ROSCOE F. WARREN.

on the surface of the snow. Then when it c Various changes may be madein the principles of my invention without departing from the spiritthereof, as set forth in the description, drawings and claims.

I claim: v

1. In a tent a roof and a wall structure, and a shedding cloth attachedto the wall structure adjacent the lower. part thereof and beingdistinct from the roof and fromthe wall structure, and means to attachthe shedding cloth to the ground in a position I spaced outwardly fromthe position in which the lower part of the wall engages the ground. r 7

2; In a tent a roof, a vertical Wall structure connectedthereto,ashedding cloth distinct from the roof and from the wall structure andconnected to the Wall structure adj acent the lower part and extendingoutwardly therefrom, means to secure the lower edge of the wall to theground, and means to attach the lower edge of the shedding cloth to theground spaced outwardly from the at'-' tachment of the wall structurewhereby the I lower section of the wall structure, the shedding cloth,and the ground form substantially a triangle considered transversely.

3, In a tent a roof, a wall structure, secured thereto and extendingdownwardly substantially vertically, a shedding cloth secured to thewall adjacent its lower edge,

means to attach the lower edge of the Wall to the ground, means toattach the outer edge of the shedding cloth to the ground spacedoutwardly from the attachment of the wall, the lower part of the wall,the shedding cloth, and

